Today's Sports

The championship level atmosphere was apparent from the start, as it should’ve been. The Blue Ridge District’s two best teams collided with the winner taking the district lead, and likely the district championship.

In the first matchup on April 13 Staunton River travelled to Lord Botetourt and the two teams battled it out to a tie. On Friday May 4 Lord Botetourt scored the lone goal and defeated Staunton River 1-0.

Liberty–The Minutemen competed in the Cosmopolitan Invitational Track Meet at William Fleming this weekend. The men’s team finished seventh overall in the senior division (24 points) and 14th (10 points) in the junior division. The women’s team finished 17th (2 points) in the senior division and 14th (3 points) in the junior division.

“Life without a limb is limitless,” was printed on banners and apparel around the field at the Bedford Moose Lodge. To fans it’s a slogan but to the members of the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) it is a reality.

Two soulless baseballs are sitting outside of the ballpark where the fence meets the woods at Liberty Lake Park. The souls were completely intact when they left the hand of the pitcher but Staunton River’s Eddie Blake and Liberty’s Nick Maxfield took them soon after. Both men smacked the life out of the baseball, both in the fifth inning and both two-run shots.

In the first game of a double-header between William Fleming and Staunton River on Thursday April 26 12 Lady Colonels stepped up to the plate and 12 Lady Colonels walked away from the plate without reaching a base. They were not match for Brooke Mullins.

All Mullins needed for perfection was 40 pitches in four innings with eight strikeouts. The defense behind her did the rest.